Aston Martin AMR1 Racing Results (II)
- July 26th, 2009
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Due to a lack of time between Le Mans and the 3rd round of the World Sportscar Championship, Aston Martin decided to skip it, returning instead at Brands Hatch where they took home an exciting 4th place finish in front of the British crowd, then following it up with an 8th place finish at the Nürburgring.
For the 6th round of the year, the World Sportscar Championship again returned to British soil. Aston Martin therefore decided to run two AMR1s at Donington Park, debuting newly built chassis #05. The two cars were able to finish 6th and 7th. Both cars raced again at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps where Aston Martin suffered their only other failure to finish in the season, chassis #04 having suffered engine failure. However, chassis #05, which had now been upgraded with an even more powerful 6.3L V8, was able to finish a respectable 7th. For the final round in Mexico, Aston Martin decided to take only chassis #05, where they finished 8th.
Ending the season, Aston Martin had finished in the points championship in 6th place, behind the factory Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Jaguar, and Nissan teams, although they were able to defeat the Toyota squad.